Tom Faranda's Folly

Haha. Nice. Good for the New Year. That is Yorkminster Cathedral – in York where Brigid spent her formative years.  

My friend Bill sent me this awhile ago – thought I'd wait til the end of the Administration to post – Not open for debate. I have listened to everyone else’s hatred and rhetoric for months, so now I am having my day. If you don’t like it, you know where the delete button is.  … Read more

Yes, here it is with Fr. Nelson the celebrant. Brigid and I loved it – but with the pandemic it will not be repeated this year. But next year … !   And the Holy Name of Mary Chapel was packed. The Mass started at 7PM and went til 8:10. Before Mass, a procession getting … Read more

Can be applied to anything difficult. "Never give up prayer, and should you find dryness and difficulty, persevere in it for this very reason. God often desires to see what love your soul has, and love is not tried by ease and satisfaction." — St. John of the Cross

Brigid told me she had a great day yesterday – but I didn’t get a picture. Here she is a couple of months ago, carving a special pumpkin for her job at The Blaze. December 12th is also a big feast day – Our Lady of Guadalupe with the famous image on the tilma of … Read more

UPDATE: Here’s Tim heading out to golf today. Cool. Tim is working with me and will eventually own the Company. That’s the plan.  Here he is at his STAC college graduation a year and a half ago. And Juan Diego – the “Indigenous” who had his encounter with Our Lady of Guadalupe over four days, … Read more

Hahahahaha… "To Save Time, The Babylon Bee Will Now Just Republish Everything Biden Says Verbatim" The Bible tells us to work smarter, not harder. Or, better yet, don't work at all if you can help it. You can look it up. It's in the Proverbs somewhere. That's why we're announcing today that we will simply … Read more

A frequent friendly critic – the person's email and my email response. Draw your own conclusion. No name of course. One would think that as leader of HNM's Right to Life Ministry, you would howl at the Trump administration's rush to execute by any means possible (firing squads? electrocution?) before the end of his term … Read more

The man behind the mask, but not the voice (James Earl Jones). He was 85.

I was at this shelter exactly 11 years ago today. Was doing a solo overnight hike on the Trail. Video has been watched almost 23,000 times and there are a number of comments. Here are the notes from the youtube text. And I still have the fleece jacket! In the video I called this the … Read more